Talk:List of Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles champions

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Why have the "not played" columns here and in Wimbledon champions (Ladies' Singles) been removed ? Jay 17:43, 9 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Because I thought it would be obvious that if those dates were missing a person would realsied their were none. - fonzy

No, he'd think they've been missed out and go looking for them. Why assume things anyway. I reframe my question to : Whats the advantage in blanking out the "not played" information as opposed to keeping it ? Jay 07:40, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Well I suppose, I think adding a comment at the top would be better (takes up less memory). -fonzy

Done. Jay 11:55, 8 Nov 2003 (UTC)


Link to Chris Lewis is to a cricket player not tennis player.

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[edit] Missing tie-break scores...

...in 1973 and 1995. Gdr 2005-07-01 16:49:50 (UTC)

There were no tie-break in 1973: 6-1 9-8 6-3 Avia

[edit] Order of Table

Maybe it'd be better to reverse the order of the table, i.e. most recent winners being first.. As in List of Wimbledon Doubles champions. I can do it myself, any objections? Dorinw 2005-07-03

I prefer that you please reverse the order of the table in List of Wimbledon Doubles champions, if you have time. Avia 6 July 2005 07:10 (UTC)
Most recent winners first would be more useful. Paulgush 16:32, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

The graphic is in error with Sweden only being attributed 2 titles when in fact they have 7, 5 from Borg and another 2 from Edberg. 67.184.176.21 15:12, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Was this ever decided? I think the table with most recent on the top is far more useful than pure chronological. Very few people visiting this page want to know who won the championship in 1887. But lots want to know who won the last few years-- so that info should be near the top. Oopla 8 July 2007 18:57 (UTC)

[edit] Flags

Surely it's not correct to have the Irish winners (and runners-up) from the late 19th/early 20th century with the flag of the Republic of Ireland, when at the time it was still part of the UK?

I changed the South African flag to the pre-1994 flag by Kevin Curren's name, I hope that's ok. I don't know if there's a policy about flag use in Wikipedia, but I noticed since the Soviet flag was used for USSR players, then it only followed to use the old South African flag since the country went through such as sea-change in 1994. Bruxism 21:40, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Also why are the current German flags displayed next to Gottfried von Cramm's name, when the country he was representing at that time was not using that flag? The Nazi flag - red with white disc and black superimposed swastika - should be the one that is displayed, as that was what the official flag was at the time. There is in any case inconsistency given that the Nazi flag is displayed against his name on other pages, such as this page's equivalent for the French Open previous winners. Anyone think the flags should be changed? If so someone else will have to do it as I don't know how.

[edit] Timeline

Inconsistency with full list. 1970 = Newcombe (correct). Timeline = Kodes

[edit] Seedings

Adding columns for the seedings of the champions and runners up would be useful. Paulgush 16:30, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kevin Curren

On this article he is South African but on the article for main article for the 1985 Wimbledon Championship he has an American flag next to his name. Which is he? JimmyMac82 10:17, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flag Problems

There's a problem with display of US 48 & 50 star flags and Germany, both display as blank in IE and text in Firefox. As I can't see why hopefully someone more knowledgeable will be able to figure it out.

And why is St Patrick's Cross shown for Irish players pre 1900 (presumably someone changed it from the Irish Republic Flag seeing the comment above), can we have some consistency, either use the Union Flag for them (as they were part of the UK at the time) or change the English winners to St George's Cross (likewise for Scottish/Welsh winners if there are any, I didn't check all the entries).

Unless I see some dissent I'll make the change to the Union Flag in a week or so.

Antsnest 21:56, 15 September 2007 (UTC)